Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #1836: bug in serializing wide character strings

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #1836: bug in serializing wide character strings
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-11-29 20:32:54

#1836: bug in serializing wide character strings
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  Reporter:  Jeff Faust <jeff@…>               |       Owner:  ramey          
      Type:  Bugs                              |      Status:  assigned       
 Milestone:  To Be Determined                  |   Component:  serialization  
   Version:  Boost 1.34.1                      |    Severity:  Problem        
Resolution:                                    |    Keywords:  wstring wchar_t
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Comment (by ramey):

 speaking from memory when I last looked at this, I concluded that what was
 needed was an escape mechanism. This would render some characters as \134
 or something like that.  This would be implemented in the "stack" of
 iterator adaptors which are used to save/load the string.  This would
 entail character by character processing which I was thinking would be a
 performance hit - which it would be.  BUT, now I realize that
 serialization of a wstring to a char archive is not a common operation, so
 performance really isn't an issue.  The way to address this is to look at
 the documentation for "dataflow" iterators and the related code.  It
 wouldn't be too hard to craft another "escape" layer and insert into the
 iterator stack which handles this.  Feel free to take this on.

 Robert Ramey

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1836#comment:10>
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